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USMC stencils
Posted by Ghostrider114 on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 5:08 PM

I just picked up a Tamiya 1:35 sherman tank, and I'm thinking of making it as a USMC tank, with custom decals, does anyone here know what font would be best for me to use for the registration number stenciling?

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 5:21 PM

Archer Fine Transfers has WW2 Marine Sherman sets. Go to their US armor complete sets (dry or waterslide) and the first two listed are Marine tanks. http://www.archertransfers.com/

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Posted by Ghostrider114 on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 5:46 PM

that's cool, but I wanted to try printing them myself for this one.

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Posted by BigDaddyBluesman on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 5:53 PM

The Archers look good and are inexpensive. You can get them directly from Acrher.

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Posted by Ghostrider114 on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 11:43 AM

I'm sorry if there's been some confusion, but I'm looking for a computer font that is similar to USMC stencils, so I can do them myself.

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Posted by Ghostrider114 on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 3:26 PM

thanks, one or two of those might work

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Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 6:19 PM

I am assuming you are talking about white stencils on WWII vehicles.  I don't know how much experience you have with making your own decals, but unless you have an Alps printer, you can't make white stencils easily.  A normal home printer doesn't print white since the paper is white.  To make white, you have to use white decal paper and surround the stenciling with a square the same color as your vehicle color.  That is the hard part, matching the vehicle color.  This is the reason Archer and other AM decals are so popular.

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Posted by Ghostrider114 on Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:10 PM

it's my understanding that the Marines also stenciled in Reg. numbers in yellow, which would solve that problem.

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Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:30 PM

Not really.  It is hard to get a lighter color (red/yellow) to appear on a darker color like OD Green.  Home printers don't lay down a lot of color and the decals appear almost transparent.  To get them to show well, you still have to use the white backing paper.

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Posted by Ghostrider114 on Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:23 PM

thanks, that's good to know, I guess I will use the Archer set then

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